We’re back from Davos! In this week’s episode: 🌱 What’s the future of the EU Farm to Fork strategy? 🎵 Tick-tock for TikTok (w/ Zoltán Kész) 🌐 The importance of browsers (w/ Kush Amlani) Zoltan quoted on TikTok: https://dailynewshungary.com/will-tiktok-be-banned-in-the-eu-and-hungary/ Mozilla research on browser competition: https://research.mozilla.org/browser-competition/ February 2, 2023 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP92: Bird is free, Just stop glue, and Court costs (co-hosted w/ Elizabeth Hicks)
This week’s episode is co-hosted with Elizabeth Hicks. We’re talking about these issues: 🐦 Elon Musk buys Twitter 🛢️ Just stop glue (seriously) ⚖️ The cost of suing Follow Liz Hicks on Twitter @eohicks. Support the war effort in Ukraine: https://www.recyclerussia.com/ November 10, 2022 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: […]
Amy Klobuchar’s Journalism Bill Wants Bad Media Cartels
People will share this article on social media channels, which will drive traffic to the Newsmax website. More traffic on a website means more users likely to click on and consume content on that same website, driving ad revenue. In this sense, Facebook or Twitter act as multipliers of exposure to media companies. But that […]
ConsEUmer podcast / EP31: Euro Tech Demolition Team (Hosted by Yaël Ossowski)
Last week’s episode of the ConsEUmer podcast was guest-hosted by my colleague Yaël Ossowski. Give it a listen!
ConsEUmer Podcast / EP8: Twitter ban, Polish sugar tax, and MORE BREXIT! (w/ Alex Braley)
It’s episode numero 8 of ConsEUmer, still hosted by yours truly (@wirtzbill). Guest this week is Brexit expert Alex Braley. In this week’s episode: -> Social media networks ban Donald Trump-> Poland introduces new sugar tax-> UK reviews GMO rules-> Vaccine passports in the making
Introducing the ConsEUmer podcast / EP1: Targeted Fun (w/ Yaël Ossowski)
This week I launched the ConsEUmer podcast, the European podcast of the Consumer Choice Center. Broadcasting every Thursday, wherever you listen to podcasts. I will be updating you on the latest consumer choice issues in the EU and its member states, and will also host a weekly guest. This week with Yaël Ossowski, on targeted […]
Social Media Platforms Should Not Be Sheriffs for Government Control
No matter of which political affiliation you are, you should be able to agree on this: there is a lot of awful content on social media. Cyber-bullying, blackmail, violations of personal privacy, antisemitism, or just sheer nonsensical abuse howled at the most innocent tweets, Facebook posts, or Instagram pictures. For a long time, social media […]
[Reportage] USA wëll Reegele fir sozial Netwierker änneren
Dëse Reportage gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert, an ass de 4. Juni iwwerdroe ginn. Den Donald Trump ass rosen iwwer Twitter, well d’Plattform seng Tweets elo engem “Fact-check” ënnerstellt, also seet op se der Wourecht entspriechen oder net. D’Republikaner mengen elo dass d’Reegele fir sozial Netzwierker solle geännert ginn. Twitter hat ee Link ënnert […]
[Tëscheruff] D’Meenungsfräiheet am Internet verdeedegen
Dësen Tëscheruff gouf fir RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg produzéiert, a gouf den 3. Mee iwwerdroen. De Beitrag fënnt een och hei. Verschwörungstheorien, Falschnoriichten, Haasskommentarer: Den Internet ass voll mat zweiwelhaftem an eekelhaftem Material. Jiddereen dee Facebook oder Twitter benotzt ass et antëscht gewinnt, an dës Plattformen di sech och schwéier drun, fir de Problem am Grëff […]
[Video] Yes, Facebook and Twitter have a right to censor you
Click down below to see an excerpt from my speech at the Kosovo Regional Conference of European Students For Liberty!